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| The genie in the jar / |
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| Giovanni, Nikki. |
| A whirling, rhythmic poem, great to read aloud, with art by Chris Raschka, my favorite children's illustrator working today. Win! |
| Easy Fiction PS3557.I55G46 1996 |
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| Flicker flash : poems / |
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| Graham, Joan Bransfield. |
| Bright concrete poems, a treat for little eyes to follow. |
| Children's Nonfiction BookPS3557.R213 F55 1999 |
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| My people / |
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| Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967. |
| A very short Hughes poem accompanied by wonderful photos. |
| Children's Nonfiction BookPS3515.U274 M9 2009 |
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| Today and today / |
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| Kobayashi, Issa, 1763-1827. |
| Issa is one of my favorite haiku writers. This is a short selection for kids, with haiku arranged by season. ("So many breezes/wander through my summer room:/but never enough.") |
| Children's Nonfiction BookPL797.2 .A247 2007 |
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| Martin, Bill, 1916-2004 |
| Special love for this illustrated version of a rhyme covered by many for its portrayals of strong & diverse female cops, firefighters, reporters, and more. |
| Easy Picture BookMARTIN |
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| To market, to market / |
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| Miranda, Anne. |
| This ain't your grandma's "To Market, To Market"--a silly, fun twist on the well-known nursery rhyme (especially fun for vegetarian families). |
| Easy Picture BookMIRANDA |
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| Big cat, small cat / |
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| Rubinger, Ami |
| A good one for children learning to rhyme (and learning their opposites)--every other page the "audience" is asked to supply the rhyming opposite: "Big cat, small cat, short cat, ______ cat." |
| Easy Picture BookRUBINGE |
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| One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish / |
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| Seuss, Dr. |
| Dr Seuss's rhymes can't be beat. For the youngest children, I stick to his easy readers (like One Fish, Hop On Pop, There's a Wocket in My Pocket, etc) & avoid most of the longer, more complicated picture books. |
| Easy Fiction SEUSS |
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| This is a poem that heals fish / |
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| Simeon, Jean-Pierre, 1950- |
| Arthur asks friends, neighbors, and family members what a poem is, and gets a different definition from each--all in beautiful figurative language ("A poem is when you hear the heartbeat of a stone"). |
| Easy Picture BookSIMEON |
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| Rhyming dust bunnies / |
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| Thomas, Jan, 1958- |
| Dust bunny Bob has a tin ear when it comes to rhyme, to the chagrin of the other rhyming dust bunnies. But when they're so caught up in the raptures of rhyming that they don't see a vacuum cleaner coming for them, Bob proves that he has other talents worth admiring. Goofy fun. |
| Easy Picture BookTHOMAS |
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